Post by johnb2 on Jan 29, 2012 17:34:19 GMT -4

Two nights ago, going home from work, the sky here was clear enough to see a, thin, crescent moon.(waxing). I followed Apollo avidly then. But I don't remember actually seeing the moon then. It was when I was 10 and probably wouldn't have been allowed out at night anyway. Seeing the moon I thought; what phase of the moon would I have seen that night?Seeing the moon the other night I assumed I was seeing Lunar morning and maybe at the A11 landing site. Am I right?

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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 29, 2012 18:06:02 GMT -4

All of the Apollo landings were in the lunar morning, for various reasons. The terminator would have been just a small way past each landing site, so by looking at a map of the sites you can get a rough idea of the phase at each landing.

Post by johnb2 on Jan 29, 2012 19:10:27 GMT -4

nowhereman.

Unfortunately, whilst I have followed Astronomy for many years, I have not updated my skills on the internet sources.Hence my questioning stance.I can identify some, major stars and constellations and, currently( I think) follow the moons phases.But I do not have an astronomical program, that allows me to identify astronomical events!

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Post by chew on Jan 29, 2012 19:25:02 GMT -4

I recommend trying Stellarium. You can enter your location and a date and time of an Apollo landing then search for the Moon. If it is below the horizon you can turn off the ground and if it was during daytime you can turn off the atmosphere.

You can also select an Apollo landing site as your viewing location. Enter the date and time and you'll see the heavens as the astronauts did.

Post by Kiwi on Jan 30, 2012 7:45:17 GMT -4

You can see the moon as it appeared from Earth when the Apollo 11 astronauts where there on the DVD Woodstock — 3 Days of Peace and Music. Starting at 0:11:50, there is a 19-second shot of the moon on the right of a split-screen view.

It was filmed by Michael Wadleigh on the evening of 20 July 1969 when he was in Wyoming shooting a film about mountain-climbing. Wadleigh produced, directed and filmed the Woodstock movie in August 1969 and inserted his clip of the moon because of its historical interest.

When I saw the movie in 1970 or 1971, I knew in advance about the moon clip but cannot recall how I knew -- probably from either radio or printed media. Anyway, I was pleased that it appeared early in the movie so that I didn't miss it, and it was the first time I had seen such a view of the moon while the astronauts were there.

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